Aviario Nacional de Colombia — Attraction in Cartagena

Was not able to go. While driving to the park, we were scouted by multiple individuals standing in the road trying to stop you. Me and my wife continued passed them and they continued to go onto their scooter and follow us. I let traffic pull ahead of me and eventually they passed only to tell the other vehicles in front of us to pass around them. The entrance to the park is directly across from “parking” for the beach. At this intersection there were about 15-20 individuals with scooters/bikes all along the side of the road and two in the middle of the road, I had to take the car off onto the shoulder to pass around them and made a u-turn down the road in front of a Colombian Naval station with an armed soldier in front. Again I had to go onto the side of the road to pass the ones trying to stop people in the middle of the road to head back to Cartagena. Of course it was the usual suspects. It was the only time I’ve felt unsafe in Colombia and I was fully ready to have to run someone over with the rental car in order to keep my wife and myself safe. Speaking with a local at the Hertz where we rented the car from, the stalking and harassment are a common occurrence in that area. It’s a shame such beautiful areas are made inaccessible due to what seemed like gang members hanging around a national park and beach. At least the day ended with us being ok...

Wonderful experience, probably my highlight of whole Colombia! Just at the entrance we spotted 4(!) peacocks and there were sooo many more!! The animals seem in very good health condition, most of them are totally free.

We took an Uber from Cartagena and our very friendly driver waited for us outside (there is no mobile service out there and you probably won’t get another Uber back but he told us he will drive us back for 120k which was even less than the way to the park :))

There are 2 spots where you can buy cold drinks and snacks

I would totally recommend to watch a show, they‘re at 11:30 and 15:30 each day (somebody said it’s not on the first workday, so maybe you check about that because those 20mins were amazing!!). They explained (in Spanish) about the birds and they flew over the people it was amazing and you could see the bond between the people working there and the birds (I also saw them pet them and play with them naturally).

We went on a Tuesday at 10am, stayed 2 hours and it was not crowded, very nice! Also as 2 blonde young European girls we didn’t feel unsafe, I think it was because of our uber driver, so I would recommend to do it like us (he waited right in front of...

English It is a place to understand and discover how beautiful nature can be, I was in the Aviario park for approximately two hours, and it seemed like a short time to enjoy this wonderful park, since you start the tour you have a map which will take you and it will make you understand what you will see.

I have seen many comments about this Aviary from people saying that it does not have a guide, that no one explains ... Friends you do not need a guide to be here and enjoy, everything is marked on one path which you can read and understand and in two languages. Even some trees with their names so that you know the fauna of the place, anyway.

The place is very large, you can see all kinds of birds, approximately 7 hectares of various birds, immediately you start the tour on your own, start an adventure that you will not forget.

Each entry you make in a different world with different birds, I also managed to see that the people who take care of the area are always around either cleaning and caring for the species, it seems to me that the price of the entry is minimal with how wonderful it is. You will spend it in this place, reaching some areas almost all the birds are outdoors, for example flamingos, but that some are not outdoors does not mean that it is bad, it has a way of caring for birds that I do not even believe for a second that they are poorly cared for, they also do it with the heart, you realize that each worker smiles and does it with joy.

At the end of the tour, there is a smiling person who asks you what you thought and all the effort and work they do to keep this park alive and with such care is shocking.

I would just go back eager and eager for more adventures in the Aviary.

Español Es un lugar para entender y descubrir lo hermosa que puede ser la naturaleza, estuve en el parque Aviario por aproximadamente dos horas, y me pareció poco tiempo para disfrutar de este parque tan maravilloso, desde que inicias el recorrido tienes un mapa el cual te llevará y te hará entender lo que verás.

He visto muchos comentarios sobre este Aviario de personas diciendo que no tiene guía, que nadie te explica... Amigos no necesitas un guía para estar aquí y disfrutar, todo está marcado en un camino lo cual puede leer y entender y en dos idiomas. Incluso algunos árboles con sus nombres para que conozcas la fauna del lugar, en fin.

Muy grande el lugar se ven todo tipo de aves aproximadamente 7 hectáreas de diversas aves, inmediatamente inicias el recorrido por tu cuenta inicia una aventura que no vas a olvidar.

Cada entrada que realizas en un mundo diferente con diferentes aves, además logré ver qué las personas que hacen el cuidado del área siempre están alrededor ya sea limpiando y cuidando a los especies, me parece que el precio de la entrada es mínimo con lo maravilloso que la pasaras en este lugar, llegando a algunas áreas casi todas las aves estan al aire libre por ejemplo los flamingos, pero que no estén al aire libre algunas no quiere decir que sea malo, tiene una forma de cuidar a las aves que no creo ni por un segundo que estén mal cuidadas además lo hacen con el corazón te das cuenta que cada trabajador sonríe y lo hace con alegría.

Al finalizar el recorrido hay una persona que sonriente te pregunta que te pareció y es impactante todo el esfuerzo y el trabajo que hacen para mantener este parque con tanta vida y con tanto cuidado.

Simplemente volvería a ir con muchas ganas y deseoso de más aventuras...